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Family, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 9, 2013

Home reno projects stress me out

I find them disruptive.  They generally take longer than anticipated.  Things don’t go as planned.  I don’t have the expertise or experience to do them […] Read More

Family, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 8, 2013

My voice…my story…me

I developed a bad habit years ago: I talk over people.  This habit came about somewhat as a survival technique.  When I was in high […] Read More

NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 7, 2013November 8, 2013

Favourite quotes

I know I’ve mentioned this more than once but… The Lord of the Rings is my favourite book. Ever.  So here are some of my […] Read More

Family, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 6, 2013

Fried and thinking of Spring

Stayed up too late last night.  Woke up too early this morning.  So here I am…staring at my computer screen…wondering what I am going to […] Read More

NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 5, 2013

Favourite character?

As part of NaBloPoMo, the ‘official’ site sends out a daily blog post idea to those participating for the month.  Yesterday’s prompt was “Who is […] Read More

Family, Misc, Personal Posted onNovember 4, 2013November 4, 2013

Monday Mania

There’s nothing like freezing rain and a good dumping of snow to add some chaos to the day.  Yesterday the world was brown and this […] Read More

Family, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 3, 2013

The tales we tell ourselves

I think a part of being human is that we tell stories.  We tell stories to others and we tell stories to ourselves.  The stories […] Read More

NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 2, 2013

Serenity, tranquility, calm

Serenity: the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness Serene: calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled Calm: freedom from agitation, excitement, or passion; […] Read More

NaBloPoMo Posted onNovember 1, 2013November 2, 2013

National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo)

After a very busy October, I am back!  It’s National Blog Posting Month, which I have never participated in.  One of my other blogging friends […] Read More

Faith, Family, Personal Posted onSeptember 21, 2013

Brokenness

We are all broken people…in need of grace. I was reminded of this a number of times this week.  Through a blog post here.  Through […] Read More

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